Building an AI-Powered Image Editor with Google's Gemini API

Introduction AI is transforming image editing by allowing users to enhance and modify images based on text prompts. In this blog, we’ll explore how I built the Gemini Image Editor, a Node.js application that leverages Google’s Gemini API to edit images with AI. This project allows users to upload an image, describe modifications, and receive an AI-enhanced version. Project Overview The Gemini Image Editor is a REST API that supports: ✅ Uploading images and applying modifications. ✅ Google Gemini API integration for AI-powered editing. ✅ Multer file upload handling. ✅ Express.js backend with easy-to-use API endpoints. Tech Stack Node.js - Backend runtime Express.js - Web framework Google Generative AI SDK - Image modification Multer - File upload handling dotenv - Environment variables Getting Started 1. Clone the Repository git clone https://github.com/manthanank/gemini-image-editor.git cd gemini-image-editor 2. Install Dependencies npm install 3. Configure Environment Variables Create a .env file and add your Google Gemini API key: GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_gemini_api_key PORT=5000 4. Start the Server npm start Your server will run at http://localhost:5000

Mar 18, 2025 - 20:48

Building an AI-Powered Image Editor with Google's Gemini API

Introduction

AI is transforming image editing by allowing users to enhance and modify images based on text prompts. In this blog, we’ll explore how I built the Gemini Image Editor, a Node.js application that leverages Google’s Gemini API to edit images with AI.

This project allows users to upload an image, describe modifications, and receive an AI-enhanced version.

Project Overview

The Gemini Image Editor is a REST API that supports:

✅ Uploading images and applying modifications.

✅ Google Gemini API integration for AI-powered editing.

✅ Multer file upload handling.

✅ Express.js backend with easy-to-use API endpoints.

Tech Stack

Node.js - Backend runtime
Express.js - Web framework
Google Generative AI SDK - Image modification
Multer - File upload handling
dotenv - Environment variables

Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/manthanank/gemini-image-editor.git
cd gemini-image-editor

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file and add your Google Gemini API key:

GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_gemini_api_key
PORT=5000

4. Start the Server

npm start

Your server will run at http://localhost:5000